Vulnerability · Published Feb 11, 2022 · Assigned by Samsung Mobile

CVE-2022-23997

Medium 4.0

In plain English

A medium-severity improper access control in Samsung Wearable Devices from Samsung Mobile. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.0Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 61.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Unprotected component vulnerability in StTheaterModeDurationAlarmReceiver in Wear OS 3.0 prior to Firmware update Feb-2022 Release allows untrusted applications to disable theater mode without a proper permission.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Samsung Mobile Samsung Wearable Devices Wear OS 3.0 – before Firmware update Feb-2022 Release

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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